The brakes on your car can slow you at a rate of 5.2m/s2. (a) If you are

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The brakes on your car can slow you at a rate of 5.2m/s2.

(a) If you are going 137 km/h and suddenly see a state trooper, what is the minimum time in which you can get your car under the 90 km/h speed limit? (The answer reveals the futility of braking to keep your high speed from being detected with a radar or laser gun.)

(b) Graph x versus t and v versus t for such a slowing.

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Fundamentals of Physics

ISBN: 978-0471758013

8th Extended edition

Authors: Jearl Walker, Halliday Resnick

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